M Sivasankar, the former Principal Secretary to the Kerala CMO and one of the primary suspects in the smuggling racket finally confessed to the Enforcement Directorate that he was the single point of contact between the UAE consulate and the Kerala government.
He had been called for an investigation several times after several digital evidence regarding this case came to light. Following this, he confessed that he had been authorised by the CM of Kerala to act as a single point of contact between the two entities ever since early June-July 2016.
According to the report issued by the Enforcement Directorate to the Special Court, the following was the statement made by Sivasankar.
“I know Swapna as the Secretary to the Consul General since early 2017 when I first met her. Subsequently, I became family friends with her and I know her husband, children and parents very well. I know Sarith (another accused in the case) as Swapna’s colleague and have met him on various occasions at Swapna’s house. I have also gone to his house twice and met his parents”
“I met Sandeep (another accused) only three to four times. All meetings with Sandeep were in the presence of Swapna, Sarith and Swapna’s family. There was a short term project opening which was there in Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Ltd. (KSITIL) for which I had asked her to submit her resume to M/s Price Waterhouse Coopers Pvt. Ltd. I had helped her financially at times. On 1st July or so Swapna called me and informed me that some diplomatic consignment sent from UAE to the Consulate in Trivandrum was pending for clearance at Air Cargo Complex Trivandrum. She requested me to call the Assistant Commissioner, Air Cargo Complex to clear the cargo. She also told me that she had called the Boss of the AC, Air Cargo Complex in Cochin, but he told her that he was on leave,” Sivasankar had said.